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- Aug 1, 2011
like, during the 1998 olympics? i'd never seen an ice dance performance before and they were replaying it on tv and my reaction was, '...that's it?'
i rewatched it like five seconds ago though, and i'm even more unimpressed. their pro careers were far more innovative and interesting.
If you're unimpressed with Bolero, then I suggest you never watch any of their contemporaries (with the exception of Blumberg & Siebert). There was a total formula to ice dancing pre-Bolero: three musical cuts, very traditional ballroom dance movements, not much in the way of theme ("mood" predominated), tacky costumes. It was all very Lawrence Welk on ice. Bolero was like an earthquake, shaking everything up, showing that ice dancing didn't have to be merely ballroom on blades.
Oh, and the reason for the long intro passage on their knees? They couldn't get a cut of Bolero that fit within the time restraints. But the clock didn't start until the first blade touches the ice. So in order to fit their music cut into the time restraints, they added the introductory section on their knees. Rather clever I thought.